Remix.run, Remix-Auth destroy user session if token validation fails - reactjs

Question

I am using Remix, along with Remix-Auth and using the Twitch API/OAuth, which requires that I check in with their /validate endpoint every hour docs. I had someone recommend that I use a resource route and POST to that if the validation endpoint returned a status of 401, however, I need as I stated before the request needs to be sent every hour I figured maybe I could use something like React-Query to POST to the resource route every hour.
Just pointing out that I use createCookieSessionStorage with Remix Auth to create the session
Problem
I haven't been able to achieve the actual session being destroyed and a user being re-routed to the login page, I have left what actual code I have currently any help or suggestions to actually achieve the session being destroyed and be re-routed to the login page if the validation fails would be greatly appreciated.
// React Query client side, checks if the users token is still valid
const { error, data } = useQuery("TV-Revalidate", () =>
fetch("https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/validate", {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${user?.token}`,
},
}).then((res) => res.json())
);
The above React Query returns this
// My attempt at the resource route
// ~routes/auth/destroy.server.ts
import { ActionFunction, redirect } from "#remix-run/node";
import { destroySession, getSession } from "~/services/session.server";
export const action: ActionFunction = async ({request}) => {
const session = await getSession(request.headers.get("cookie"))
return redirect("/login", {
headers: {
"Set-Cookie": await destroySession(session)
}
})
}
// Second attempt at resource route
// ~routes/auth/destroy.server.ts
import { ActionFunction, redirect } from "#remix-run/node";
import { destroySession, getSession } from "~/services/session.server";
export const action: ActionFunction = async ({request}) => {
const session = await getSession(request.headers.get("cookie"))
return destroySession(session)
}
I attempted using an if statement to POST to the resource route or else render the page, however, this definitely won't work as React errors out because functions aren't valid as a child and page is blank.
//index.tsx
export default function Index() {
const { user, bits, vali } = useLoaderData();
console.log("loader", vali);
const { error, data } = useQuery("TV-Revalidate", () =>
fetch("https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/validate", {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${user?.token}`,
},
}).then((res) => res.json())
);
if (data?.status === 401)
return async () => {
await fetch("~/services/destroy.server", { method: "POST" });
};
else
return ( ... );}

Answer 1

You could use Remix' useFetcher hook.
https://remix.run/docs/en/v1/api/remix#usefetcher
// Resource route
// routes/api/validate
export const loader: LoaderFunction = async ({ request }) => {
const session = await getSession(request);
try {
const { data } = await fetch("https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/validate", {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${session.get("token")}`
}
});
return json({
data
}, {
headers: {
"Set-Cookie": await commitSession(session),
}
});
} catch(error) {
return redirect("/login", {
headers: {
"Set-Cookie": await destroySession(session)
}
});
}
}
And then in your route component something like this:
const fetcher = useFetcher();
useEffect(() => {
if (fetcher.type === 'init') {
fetcher.load('/api/validate');
}
}, [fetcher]);
useEffect(() => {
if(fetcher.data?.someValue {
const timeout = setTimeout(() => fetcher.load('/api/validate'), 1 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
return () => clearTimeout(timeout);
}
},[fetcher.data]);